Tuesday, May 23, 2006

EXTREME LEADERSHIP STYLES

REACTIVE LEADER

Feels the need to have his or her own answers.

Is tell oriented.

Makes all the decisions personally.

Pushes the organization for results.

Analyzes, analyzes, analyzes.

Creates sporadic motivation.

Is highly opinionated.

Teaches subordinates to expect direction.

Is afraid of loosing control.

Focuses on finding and fixing problems.

Quick to fire or dismiss those who fail.

CREATIVE LEADER

Has no ego-driven need to have all his or her own answers.

Is listen oriented.

Empowers the people to make decisions.

Pulls the organization toward a vision.

Listens to intuition and discernment.

Generates lasting commitment.

Is open-minded.

Teaches importance of self-responsibility.

Models self-responsibility.

Knows relaxing control yields results.

Focuses on building on strengths.

Teaches how to learn from mistakes.

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